Part of the 2014 Irish local elections
2014 Carlow County Council election Turnout 52.3% 5.5%[ 1] Map showing the area of Carlow County Council
An election to all 18 seats on Carlow County Council was held on 23 May 2014 as part of the 2014 Irish local elections . County Carlow was divided into two local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Administrative changes [ edit ] Carlow County Council had been allocated 21 seats under the Local Government Act 2001 .[ 2] In November 2012, Phil Hogan , the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government , appointed a Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee to review the allocation of seats and the local electoral areas across local authorities. In the case of Carlow County Council, it recommended an decrease to 18 seats.[ 3] In addition, the town councils of Carlow and Muinebheag were abolished. This was implemented by the Local Government Reform Act 2014 .[ 4] County Carlow was redrawn into two electoral areas, a reduction from five.[ 5]
While Fine Gael remained the largest party after the election, in terms of seats though not in terms of vote share, they lost two-fifths of their councillors. Their colleagues in government, the Labour Party, lost three-fifths of their councillors being reduced to just 2 seats. Fianna Fáil gained a seat to return 5 members and reported a higher vote than Fine Gael but the big winners were Sinn Féin who won 3 seats to supplant Labour as the traditional third-largest party.
Results by local electoral area [ edit ] ^ *: Outgoing councillor.
Carlow: 10 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Fianna Fáil Jennifer Murnane O'Connor [*] [ a] 13.04 1,530 Fianna Fáil John Pender [*] 11.54 1,354 Sinn Féin John Cassin 9.18 1,077 Fine Gael Brian O'Donoghue 8.68 1,018 1,025 1,073 Fianna Fáil Fintan Phelan 8.62 1,011 1,128 Sinn Féin Jim Deane 7.18 842 878 900 902 908 909 917 940 961 981 1,042 1,174 Fianna Fáil Ann Ahern née Long [*] [ a] 5.76 676 769 827 852 853 854 858 873 874 916 961 981 987 1,007 1,063 Independent Walter Lacey [*] 5.39 632 680 689 696 697 697 708 738 793 852 894 971 1,013 1,039 1,116 Labour William Paton [*] 5.20 610 617 694 695 695 697 699 704 712 738 794 818 828 1,022 1,046 Fine Gael Fergal Browne [*] 4.64 544 563 575 578 578 578 579 583 610 621 654 662 664 728 912 Fine Gael Wayne Fennell[*] 3.87 454 468 472 475 475 475 475 479 494 502 529 537 537 552 Fine Gael Tom O'Neill[*] 3.52 413 436 439 444 445 445 446 454 461 489 522 532 533 568 686 Fine Gael Kathy Walsh 3.11 365 369 401 401 401 402 404 409 412 415 429 436 439 Anti-Austerity Alliance Ned Costigan 2.47 290 301 306 307 308 309 315 366 385 391 402 Labour Caroline Townsend[*] 2.40 281 309 317 323 323 323 325 331 337 391 Labour Des Hurley[*] 1.90 223 256 258 260 260 260 265 270 282 282 Independent Declan Alcock 1.64 192 202 206 209 209 209 216 224 Direct Democracy Saoire O'Brien 1.41 166 173 175 177 177 177 182 Independent Pat Finnerty 0.27 32 33 33 33 33 33 33 Independent Conor Dowling 0.19 22 27 28 29 29 29 29 Electorate: 23,431 Valid: 11,732 (50.07%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 1,067 Turnout: 11,871 (50.66%)
Muinebheag: 8 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Independent Charlie Murphy [*] 14.14 1,377 Fine Gael Tommy Kinsella [*] 11.60 1,130 Labour Willie Quinn [*] 10.66 1,038 1,066 1,083 Sinn Féin Andy Gladney 8.26 804 825 827 840 858 885 926 974 1,176 Fianna Fáil Arthur McDonald [*] 8.09 788 803 806 809 851 863 1,018 1,032 1,081 1,099 Fine Gael Michael Doran [*] 7.90 769 775 777 790 805 814 838 882 939 949 950 1,107 Fine Gael John Murphy [*] 5.79 564 610 619 630 634 683 686 751 756 760 760 827 Fine Gael Denis Foley [*] 5.66 551 564 570 578 620 629 664 683 727 747 752 824 Fianna Fáil P.J. Kavanagh 5.05 492 536 538 566 567 598 634 668 701 711 712 777 Labour Jim Townsend [*] 4.73 461 474 475 486 516 554 586 639 678 698 701 Anti-Austerity Alliance Christy Cormac 4.49 437 447 448 459 481 492 523 586 Fianna Fáil David O'Brien 3.66 356 367 368 376 399 407 Independent Matthew English-Hayden 3.42 333 356 357 390 395 Independent Billy Nolan 2.68 261 303 304 322 324 324 Labour Ken Hickey 2.23 217 220 220 222 Independent Liam Foley 1.37 133 150 151 Independent Pat Finnerty 0.29 28 30 30 Electorate: 17,599 Valid: 9,739 (55.46%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 1,083 Turnout: 9,878 (56.26%)
^ a b Resigned, see below for changes Changes in affiliation [ edit ] Local electoral areas [ edit ] Carlow County Council was divided into the two local electoral areas (LEAs), defined by electoral divisions .[ 5]
LEA Electoral divisions Seats Carlow Ballinacarrig, Burton Hall, Carlow Rural, Carlow Urban, Graigue Urban and Johnstown. 10 Muinebeag Agha, Ballintemple, Ballon, Ballyellin, Ballymoon, Ballymurphy, Borris, Clogrenan, Clonegall, Coonogue, Corries, Cranemore, Fennagh, Garryhill, Glynn, Kilbride, Killedmond, Kyle, Leighlinbridge, Marley, Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) Rural, Muinebeag (Bagenalstown) Urban, Myshall, Nurney, Oldleighlin, Rathanna, Rathornan, Rathrush, Ridge, Shangarry, Sliguff, Templepeter, Tinnahinch 8